Russian Scientists Kept Five People Awake For 30 Days… But They Never Expected THIS To Happen!

The Russian government, during the late 1940s, chose five men who
they considered enemies of the state to participate in an experiment
that involved sleep deprivation. An experimental gas, in small doses,
was supposed to eliminate the need for sleep in humans, and the Russians
were going to test it out on these men.

The subjects were kept in a sealed environment so that the
researchers wouldn’t be exposed to the gas, and the prisoners only had
microphones to communicate with. They were provided with books, a toilet
and running water, enough food to last each of them a full month, and a
cot with no bedding.
For the first three days, everything went well, with the prisoners
given the false promise that if they cooperated and didn’t sleep for 30
days, they would be freed. As all of their actions and dialogue were
monitored, researchers noticed the prisoners opening up about past
traumas. After four days, the conversations got even darker.
By the fifth day, the prisoners started exhibiting paranoia, as well
as complaining about the past circumstances and decisions that brought
them here. Instead of conversing with each other, they began to whisper
into their microphones. Apparently, they thought that they could win the
trust of the experimenters by betraying and turning in their fellow
prisoners.

By the tenth day, the screaming started. For three hours straight, a
prisoner ran back and forth across the length of the room, screaming
loudly. After his voice began to weaken, he only produced squeaks, which
doctors attributed to the tearing of his vocal cords.
Oddly, the other prisoners did not even appear to respond to the screaming.
Soon, the experimenters were concerned that they weren’t hearing
anything from inside the chamber. By the fourteenth day, they did
something unplanned: they used an intercom to try to get some sort of
response from the prisoners. They explained that if they cooperated, the
prisoners would be freed. “We no longer want to be freed” said a calm
voice.
On the fifteenth day, the experimenters turned off the gas, and the
prisoners begged for the gas to be turned back on! Soldiers arrived to
remove the men – but only found four alive!
Pieces of the dead man’s flesh were found clogging the drain. The
survivors had self-inflicted wounds. Violence ensued, and one of the
other prisoners was killed by another prisoner. The soldiers opened
fire, and only one prisoner survived.

A researcher shot the last prisoner – the prisoner’s final words were “So… close… to… freedom.” Take a look at this video